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- Portuguese · borrowed fromfios de ovos
- English todayfios de ovos
Borrowed from Portuguese fios de ovos (literally “egg threads”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fios de ovos
Today it means: A traditional Portuguese sweet food made of eggs (chiefly yolks), drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup. Full definition →
Portuguese fios de ovos